Identify the all endemic species of Reticulitermes spp. found in Georgia, USA

Current version. The current version of the Key was developed as a special joint project between Emma McLarnon (BSc Biology, Leeds University, 2008 – 2012; work placement at Kew 2010 - 2011) and the Malpighiales Team at Kew (Gill Challen, Sue Zmarzty).

About the key: The flesh flies (Family Sarcophagidae) are comprised of three subfamilies Sarcophaginae, Miltograminae and Paramacronychiinae. This project proposes to focus on members of the subfamily Sarcophaginae found within South Africa. Identifying flesh flies is generally recognized as a difficult challenge because the group is rather uniform in its external morphology. The identification of species within this subfamily is most reliably based on examination of the characters of the male genitalia. The only comprehensive key to the African flesh flies is an out of date, ordinary dichotomous text key by Zumpt (1975), but it is difficult to use because of its terminology, and the constraints imposed by having to start at the beginning of the couplets. No other comprehensive keys are available for Africa. For the mentioned reasons, a clearly illustrated, modern key would be invaluable. This has been provided by creating online resources (a scratchpad: SARCBYTES) and a digital key for 2 genera (comprising 96 species) for the South African region.

Current version: The current version of the key was developed as an honours project by C-L. Clitheroe (BSc(Hons) Zoology, Rhodes University) under the Supervision of Professor Martin H. Villet, Prof. of Entomology, Rhodes University. It is probably the first of many versions. It is heavily reliant on images, (microphotographs) taken by the author and many diagrams; copyrighted, provided with permission, from Lehrer, A.Z and Pape, T.

Taxonomic Scope: All described species of Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of South Africa.

Taxonomic standards: PAPE, T. (1996) Catalogue of the Sarcophagidae of the world (Insecta: Diptera). Memoirs of Entomology, International, 8, 1–558.

Software: Lucid3.3.

Author: Crystal-Leigh Clitheroe

The Terrestrial Mollusc Tool was specifically designed to assist in the identification of adult terrestrial slugs and snails of agricultural importance. The tool also includes species of quarantine significance as well as invasive and contaminant mollusc species commonly intercepted at U.S. ports of entry. This Lucid-based identification tool specifically targets federal, state and other agencies or organizations within the U.S. that are concerned with the detection and identification of molluscs of significance. This tool includes 33 families and 128 species. This resource also includes an interactive identification key, comparison chart, fact sheets, biological and ecological notes, a dissection tutorial, a glossary of commonly used terms, and a list of useful links and references. It should be noted that this dynamic tool is not inclusive of all mollusc pests, as new species of interest arise almost daily.

A key to adult females of 43 families and 3 superfamilies of soil-inhabiting parasitiform mites for the known Australian soil fauna.

This is a key to the major lineages (Classes and Orders) of soil-inhabiting microarthropods. For our purposes this means that arthropods < 1 cm in length as adults are included.

This key allows identification of the genera of Tetranychinae of most interest to quarantine.

This is a key to adult females of described species of Stratiolaelaps compiled by Dr David Evans Walter of Colorado State University and the University of Alberta.

This key allows separation of the plant-parasitic mite families of most interest to quarantine.

An interactive identification tool to identify adult females of Phytoseiulus